Universitetskaya Ulitsa, 1/1, Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic, Russia, 426034
Udmurt State University (Udmurtian Удмурт кун университет; Russian: Удмуртский государственный университет) is a public university in the city of Izhevsk, Russia. Established in 1931, UdSU is the oldest educational institution in Udmurt Republic. In 1993, it was named among top twenty classical Russian universities, since then consistently ranks 14-16 out of 64 Russian universities. Udmurt State University is the oldest educational institution in the Udmurt Republic. It was originally established as Udmurt State Pedagogical Institute in 1931. Prior to World War II the Institute's main goal was defining the key elements of its organizational structure. UdSPI have grown tremendously after the end of the war, and by 1958 the Institute opened its own Graduate School with several Ph.D. awarding committees. The institution has evolved and expanded substantially in the 1960s; it ranked among top ten Soviet institutions of its class. As a result, in April 1971 Udmurt State Pedagogical Institute officially became Udmurt State University.
School Director: Galina Merzlyakova
Population: 30000
Population of Teaching Staff: 1000